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discountenance

/dis-koun-tn-uhns/US // dɪsˈkaʊn tn əns //UK // (dɪsˈkaʊntɪnəns) //

折扣,贴现,折扣优惠,打折

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dis·coun·te·nanced, dis·coun·te·nanc·ing.

    • : to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
    • : to show disapproval of: The teachers discountenanced smoking by the students.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : disapproval; disapprobation.

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Examples

  • But, by holding Presbytery as alone of Divine origin, she would most effectively discountenance such unjust claims.

  • Those teachers who discountenance local effort have only their own experience to guide them.

  • This conduct should receive not only the discountenance, but the decided reprehension of the respectable part of the community.

  • It cherishes those Passions, and rewards those Vices, which 'tis the business of Reason to discountenance.

  • Everything that we know of Shakespeare seems to discountenance the probability of his having any such intention.